Moor worries for Celtic fans

Stalybridge Celtic 2 Moor Green 3 A FOURTH successive reversal saw the pressure grow even greater on under-fire Blues boss John Reed who watched in disbelief as his side conceded yet more sloppy goals to lose a game they should have won.

A FOURTH successive reversal saw the pressure grow even greater on under-fire Blues boss John Reed who watched in disbelief as his side conceded yet more sloppy goals to lose a game they should have won.

The Blues looked in command early on with Neil Prince volleying narrowly wide and Mark Hume heading Grant Black's inswinging cross just past the post before the visitors took advantage of some woeful defending to steal the lead in the 21st minute.

With the defence looking on, Scott Maxfield blocked Morrison's initial effort, only to see Dave Anderson fire the Moors in front from six yards.

On the half-hour Celtic were left fuming when the referee only produced a yellow card when Lee Ellington was pulled back by Andrew Penney, the official ruling that the giant central defender was not the last man. It was an arguable decision to say the least.

Ten minutes later, Dominic Krief saw his drive tipped over and as the pressure grew, Barrie Keeling's header was cleared off the line before, with the half-time break approaching, Ellington hooked home his 18th goal of the season to equalise.

Five minutes after the resumption, Penney was scandalously allowed to thunder in unmarked for a powerful close-range header to re-establish the Moors' lead.

Within seconds, Krief almost equalised again and that set the pattern as Celtic surged forward at every opportunity seeking equality.

Hume hit the bar with a rising drive and saw another one saved by Danny Lewis before finally, substitute Ben Smith hammered home a 25-yard left-footed daisy-cutter for a glorious second equaliser.

Hume Ellington and Smith all went agonisingly close to the winner Celtic craved, and yet there seemed almost an air of inevitability when two minutes from the end, Anderson again nipped in between sleeping defenders to snatch the winner for the visitors.